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Lost in translation

I’m French. I know, shocking news. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my heritage, especially since I’m supposed to pass on to Baby O how to talk French, walk French, and eat strange cheeses covered in mold. We are hoping to be able to send him to the French language immersion school later on but I’m assuming I’ll have to play some part in his francophone education. Having been in the US 20 years, I’m sad to say French doesn’t come as easy to me anymore! Oh la la!

On my drive home from work, I got to thinking about how funny French stuff is when it’s literally translated into English. So over the last few weeks I’ve been collecting the funniest ones…